IL suspended Langwell for three games

Clippers relief pitcher Matt Langwell missed last night's 9-6 win over the Syracuse Chiefs
because he was serving the first of a three-game suspension handed down by International League
president Randy Mobley.

Mobley suspended Langwell for hitting Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's Jack Cust with the first pitch of
the fourth inning on Monday in Huntington Park. Yankees' pitcher D.J. Mitchell already had hit
Clippers first baseman Matt LaPorta with pitches in the first and third innings of the game.

The second HBP forced LaPorta to leave the game with sore ribs. The Yankees led 7-1 at the time.
No warning was issued by the game umpires to Mitchell or anyone else. Langwell was ejected
immediately after hitting Cust. Warnings were issued after that.

Following the game, Langwell denied throwing at Cust.

Mitchell drew no suspension from the league. Of note, Mitchell started a game against the
Clippers on May 10 in Rochester that included a bench-clearing incident after SWB reliever Manny
Delcarmen threw a pitch behind Andy LaRoche in the eighth inning.

LaPorta and Delcarmen each were suspended for three games for their parts in the dust-up.